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Given the rapidly increasing user base of the Wii, the motion sensors and overal good design of the Wii Remote, and its demonstrated tweakability, I can't imagine it would fail to become the de-facto standard control for LinuxMCE as soon as it can be supported.

There are wii remote Bluetooth drivers for linux. all you need is a Bluetooth adapter, you can pick one up off of new egg for 5$. then do a google search like I did for BT drivers for the wii remote. there is a site dedicated to these drivers. I have yet to install the drivers and test them, so I do not know how well work, according to the messageboards, there has been quite a lot of success for windows, OSX.

all the sensor bar does from what I have been told is for reporting the wii remote location. Which is why on the Wii, you set it to be below or above the TV. you can actually use candles as an IR, I saw the video on you tube or engadget. everything else is done by Bluetooth. The wii remote is nintendo's best controller yet, and the best controller on the market.

UpdateUsed the guide to get working fine on my ubuntu laptop.Just need to load it up on my lmce machine. once i've done that i'll post some details on the wiki.Also might need to mod the Gyro mouse plug in so the wii remotes buttons map to the correct buttons.

Seems to me there are only 2 things that need to be done to support the Wiimote plug and play:1. Make debian packages out of the needed software (as far as that hasn't been done already).2. Configure LMCE to recognize and configure it automaticly (already shows up, but as mobile phone).

I think I could manage the first, but I will need help with the second one from a more experienced veteran. Would be really nice to just turn it on and select "Use this device as Wiimote" (or maybe something more general) and then light a few candles since you don't have a led-bar yet either.